American schools usually begin in September after a two—month holiday. There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January and the second is from February to June.

    Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen years old when they finish high school.

    High school students take only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day and they have homework every day. After class, they do many interesting things.

    After high school many students go to college(大学). They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to spend a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.

    When you are in England, you must be very careful in the street because the traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street, you must look to the right first and then the left. If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop. People on foot can cross the road carefully. If the traffic lights are green, the traffic can go and people on foot mustn't cross. In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from work, the streets are very busy.

    When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful too. Always remember the traffic moves on the left. Have a look first, or you will go the wrong way. In many English cities, there are big buses with two floors. You can sit on the second floor. From there you can see the city well. It is very interesting.

    The whole school was talking about the winter camp. And everyone  (be) looking forward to it except me because I thought I would get homesick. But it was the way we grew up.

    When  (arrive) at the camp, we were asked to ski(滑雪)down to the field by the coach. I skied  (careful), but I still hit a piece of ice and fell down.

    "Haha!" somebody started laughing behind me. I looked back to see  was laughing at me. To my surprise, I saw  girl in the same embarrassing(令人尴尬的) position I was in. "I thought I'd be bad at this, but it seems  (difficult) than I expected!" she said. Suddenly, I started laughing too. After being so afraid of  (fall), it was comfortable not to fear it any more.

    The next day  I didn't want to go ski jumping, I was chosen to do first. But when my  (foot) left the ground, I felt I was flying and it was wonderful.

    Just do your best  (meet) every challenge. You'll never imagine how much you will get.

提示：⑴与美国学生一起上课；

⑵了解了很多美国的文化和历史；

⑶参加了学校的社团活动；

⑷与寄宿家庭一起野餐；

⑸与美国朋友一起踢足球。

A report on my exchange visit to Rose Hill School

    My exchange visit to Rose Hill School has gone well.

    I will keep in touch with them when I return home.

    At the moment, high school students in the state of Philadelphia, the USA, can wear their own clothes. However, next year the high schools must do one of the following:

    ●Either make students buy school uniforms (in other words, all students must wear the same uniforms)

    ●Or say which colours must be worn, but let students buy their own clothes in these colours.

    A survey made at Central High School, Philadelphia, showed that most of the students didn't think that wearing school uniforms was a good idea.

    Rachel didn't like the idea of a uniform in the slightest. It makes us look like prisoners(囚犯). Everyone is different, so why is the school trying to make us all the same?

    Sandra was wearing a brightly—coloured shirt with her jeans. "No one else wears a shirt like mine, "she said." I'm the only one, and I like and I like that. l can understand that the school needs a dress code(准则). It's a problem if students come to school with their shirts open. We all understand that, but no one wants a uniform. Even my mum thinks it's silly.

    Only one student, Ben, said he didn't mind wearing a school uniform. He said, I used to wear a school uniform when I lived in Australia for a year. It wasn't so bad. You can wear a uniform and be still tidy. We used to wear grey trousers, a round—necked shirt and a blue or green jacket. It wasn't a problem.”